PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Hendriks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ishikawa Goemon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Goemon is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Beginning is the End. This should be fireworks!

Hendriks
vs
Goemon

169 cm
26
141 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

173 cm
21
147 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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THRIFTY THREADS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Daniel Hendriks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ishikawa Goemon!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goemon misses with a hook. Hendriks ducked under it nicely.

Goemon tries to keep at a distance but Hendriks has taken the fight into the clinch.

Goemon manages to break the clinch.
Hendriks on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hendriks tries to clinch but Goemon moves out of range.
Goemon keeps the fight on the outside.
A jab from Goemon finds it's way through Hendriks's defenses.
Hendriks ducks under a wild hook from Goemon.
Hendriks is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hendriks tries to clinch but Goemon moves out of range.
Goemon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hendriks takes one to the side of the head.
Goemon lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Goemon fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hendriks on the side of the head.
Goemon throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Hendriks counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hendriks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Goemon is working Hendriks over against the cage.
Hendriks with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Still in the clinch, Goemon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hendriks with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendriks taking a breather.
Stalling in the clinch from Hendriks.
Goemon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hendriks lands a shot to the body.
Hendriks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Goemon's elbow.
Goemon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hendriks's elbow.
Goemon misses with some punches.
Hendriks throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Goemon blocks it with crossed arms.
Hendriks connects with a nasty looking knee right to Goemon's face.
Goemon looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Goemon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Goemon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hendriks backwards.
Hendriks comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A short right from Goemon.
Goemon tries to work over Hendriks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hendriks on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hendriks tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Goemon lands a hook that snaps the head of Hendriks backwards.
I was talking to Hendriks's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Goemon tries to throw a body punch but Hendriks avoids it by throwing Goemon back against the cage.
Hendriks landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendriks lands a nice elbow.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hendriks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Goemon's elbow.
Hendriks throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hendriks.

Goemon breaks the clinch.
Hendriks pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Goemon misses the target.
Goemon lands a glancing blow to the side of Hendriks's head.
Hendriks tries to close the distance and clinch but Goemon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hendriks fails with an attempt to clinch.
Goemon wants to slow Hendriks down by chopping away at his legs.
Hendriks tries to clinch up.
Hendriks tries to close the distance and clinch but Goemon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hendriks tries to clinch but Goemon is having none of it.
Hendriks tries to clinch there but Goemon circles away.
Goemon throws a shot from downtown. Hendriks moves away and avoids it.
Hendriks walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendriks closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hendriks checks a low kick from Goemon.
Goemon looks to land a left hand but Hendriks moved out of range nicely.
Hendriks throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Goemon.
Hendriks rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Goemon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Goemon.
Hendriks throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Goemon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Good standup being displayed there by Goemon as he connects with a hook.
Goemon cracks Hendriks with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Goemon feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hendrikss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hendriks tries to clinch but Goemon moves out of range.
Goemon tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hendriks is able to avoid easily.
A good leg kick by Hendriks.
Hendriks gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hendriks tries to clinch up but Goemon circles away and keeps his distance.
Goemon is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hendriks had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The fighters circling - Goemon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goemon goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Hendriks closes the distance and clinches.
Hendriks effectively controlling the action here.
Hendriks with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A body shot lands from Goemon.
Hendriks blocks an uppercut.
Goemon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hendriks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hendriks throws an elbow but misses.
Hendriks taking a breather.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hendriks unloads a knee to the mid-section. Goemon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Goemon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Goemon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ishikawa Goemon dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A punch lands to the side of Hendriks 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Decent striking displayed by Goemon there.
Goemon scoring well with a low kick there.
Hendriks has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Hendriks fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ishikawa Goemon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Goemon cracks Hendriks with a good jab.
Goemon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hendriks was well out of range. Poor timing from Goemon.
Goemon misses with a body shot.
Hendriks is looking to clinch.
Goemon connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hendriks ducks right into an uppercut from Goemon.
Hendriks looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Hendriks is rocked!
Goemon fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Oh Hendriks is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Goemon feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hendrikss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Hendriks got wobbled bad by a big combination! Goemon presses forward with punches and knees until Hendriks stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Hendriks closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ishikawa Goemon!
Our winner, Ishikawa Goemon, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.